Peru expands technical education pathways to link students with regional jobs
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The Ministry of Education in Peru is implementing the Rumbo Técnico Joven strategy to link secondary schools with technical training centers and higher education institutes.
This initiative allows students to move between different levels of technical education without repeating previous lessons. The ministry aims to align student skills with the specific industrial and productive needs of different regions to improve job placement for young people.
In La Libertad, nine secondary schools with technical training are partnering with eight technical production centers. These institutions offer training in fields such as agriculture, cooking, and motorcycle mechanics. The program addresses the labor demands of the agroexport company Camposol, which requires approximately 50,000 agricultural workers and 500 qualified workers every year. Regional governments and private companies are also coordinating these efforts in Ica, Loreto, and Huancavelica.
In Ica, the mining company Marcobre supports the strengthening of a public technical institute as a central hub for training. In Loreto, seven production centers work with nine secondary schools to provide training in electricity and mechanics. In Huancavelica, sixteen schools provide training in clothing and agriculture to 340 students despite rural transport challenges. In the Castrovirreyna area, a partnership between Silver Mountain and the local education office aims to expand the local technical production center.
This collaboration seeks to benefit more than 300 students and local communities near mining operations by linking their training with higher technological institutes.
